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Dr Sandeep Biswal

Associate Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering

School of Engineering

  sandeep.biswal@opju.ac.in

Academic Profile

  •  PhD in Power Systems from National Institute of Technology, Raipur - 2019.
  •  M.Tech in Power Systems from VSSUT (UCE), Burla, Odisha – 2013.
  •  B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from BPUT Rourkela, Odisha - 2009.

Work Experience

  •  Working as an Assistant Professor in OP Jindal University, Raigarh (C.G), from July 2019 to till date.
  •  Worked as an Assistant Professor in G H Raisoni University, Amravati (MH), from July 2018 to July 2019.
  •  Worked as an Assistant Professor in Silicon Institute of Technology, Sambalpur (OD), from June 2013 to July 2014.
  •  Worked as a Lecturer in Silicon Institute of Technology, Sambalpur (OD), from February 2011 to July 2011.
  •  Worked as an Assistant Engineer in Viraj Steel & Energy Ltd, Sambalpur (OD), from June 2009 to August 2010.

Area of Research

  •  Transmission line protection schemes, Adaptive distance protection, Directional protection.
  •  Current transformer saturation detection, Power swing and its impact on performance of distance relay.
  •  Wide area back up protection algorithm, Protection algorithms with inclusion of FACTS controller.
  •  Transmission line protection schemes with the integration of renewable energy sources and microgrid protection.

International / National Journals

  • Bhawana Deshmukh, Deepak Kumar Lal, Sandeep Biswal, and Surender Reddy Salkuti. “A differential amplitude variation based pilot relaying scheme for microgrid integrated distribution system.” International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, 2024. (Impact Factor = 0.861)
  • Ajay Panday, Tausif Ahmad, Sandeep Biswal, Ram Dayal Patidar, “An Adaptive Data-Driven Based Pilot Relaying Scheme for Protecting UPFC Compensated Transmission Line Connected to Wind Farms”, Electrical Engineering, (Accepted), 2024. (Impact Factor = 1.8)
  • Rampreet Manjhi, Deepak Kumar Lal, Sandeep Biswal, and Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz. “Technical Indices Evaluation of Radial Distribution Network with Optimally Allocated DGs and Capacitors.” ECTI Transactions on Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Communications, 2024. (Impact Factor = 0.561)
  • Ajay Panday, Tausif Ahmad, Sandeep Biswal, Ram Dayal Patidar, Felipe. V. Lopes, A Robust Single Ended Disturbance Detection Scheme For Superconducting Fault Current Limiter Integrated UPFC Compensated Line, Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 223, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2023.109697. (Impact Factor = 3.9)
  • Bhawana Deshmukh, Deepak Kumar Lal, Sandeep Biswal, A reconstruction based adaptive fault detection scheme for distribution system containing AC microgrid, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Volume 147, 2023, 108801, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2022.108801. (Impact Factor = 5.2)
  • Akter, Samima, Sandeep Biswal, Ahmed R. Adly, Abanishwar Chakraborti, Biman KS Roy, Priyanath Das, and Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz. “Impedance based directional relaying for smart power networks integrating with converter interfaced photovoltaic plants.” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 213, 2022 (Early Access). (Impact Factor = 3.9)
  • Ajay Panday, Ram Dayal Patidar, and Sandeep Biswal, “Intrinsic Time Decomposition Based Differential Protection with Adaptive Threshold for UPFC Compensated Transmission Line” 2022, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems (Early Access). (Impact Factor = 0.861)
  • Prateek Mundra, Anoop Arya, Suresh K Gawre, Sandeep Biswal, Felipe V. Lopes, Om P. Malik, “Taylor series based protection starting element for STATCOM compensated transmission line,” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 204, 2022. (Impact Factor = 3.9).
  • Sandeep Biswal, Mohsen Tajdinian, Ahmed R Adly, Ram Dayal Patidar, Akash Kumar Bhoi, Natwar Singh, “Kullback-Leibler Divergence Based Differential Protection Scheme for Shunt Compensated Transmission Line,” IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, (Accepted), (Impact Factor = 3.229).
  • Sandeep Biswal, Sushree D. Swain, Ram Dayal Patidar, Om Parkash Malik, “An Integrated Wide Area Backup Protection Algorithm during Stressed Power System Condition in Presence of Wind Farm,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering Electric Power Systems Research, (Accepted), (Impact Factor = 1.717).
  • M. Tajdinian, M. Allahbakhshi, S. Biswal, O. P. Malik and D. Behi, “Study of the Impact of Switching Transient Overvoltages on Ferroresonance of CCVT in Series and Shunt Compensated Power Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 16, no. 8,pp. 5032-5041, Aug. 2020, (Impact Factor = 7.377).
  • Samima Akter, Sandeep Biswal, Natwar Singh Rathore, Priyanath Das, Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz, “Amplitude based directional relaying scheme for UPFC compensated line during single pole tripping,” Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 184, 2020, (Impact Factor = 3.022).
  • S. Biswal, M. Biswal, “Detection of current transformer saturation phenomenon for secured operation of smart power network,” Electric Power System Research, vol. 175, 2019, pp. 362-371. (Impact Factor = 3.022).
  • R. Nale, K. Venkatanagaraju, S. Biswal, M. Biswal and N. Kishor, “Islanding detection in distributed generation system using intrinsic time decomposition,” IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 626-633, 2019. (Impact Factor = 3.229).
  • S. Biswal, M. Biswal and O. P. Malik, “Hilbert Huang Transform Based Online Differential Relay Algorithm for Shunt Compensated Transmission Line,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 2803-2811, Dec. 2018. (Impact Factor = 4.42).
  • S. Biswal, M. Biswal and A. Y. Abdelaziz, “An Adaptive Algorithm to Prevent Relay Overreach During CCVT Transient,” Electric Power System Research, vol. 160, 2018, pp. 362-371. (Impact Factor = 3.022).
  • S. Biswal, and M. Biswal, “Fault-Swing Discrimination using Hilbert-Huang Transform Integrated Discrete Teager Energy Operator,” IET Science, Measurement & Technology. vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 829-837, 2018. (Impact Factor = 1.895).
  • M. Biswal, and S. Biswal, A positive-sequence current based directional relaying approach for CCVT subsidence transient condition, Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems, Vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 2-8, Mar. 2017.

International / National Conferences

  • S. Biswal, I. A. Quadri, D. Singh and S. Prasad, “A Time-Frequency Algorithm for CT Saturation Detection in the Presence of Noise,” 2021 Emerging Trends in Industry 4.0 (ETI 4.0), 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ETI4.051663.2021.9619436.
  • B. Deshmukh, S. Biswal and D. K. Lal, “Synchronous Generator Out-of-Step Protection Based on Savitzky-Golay Filtering Technique,” 2021 Emerging Trends in Industry 4.0 (ETI 4.0), 2021, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/ETI4.051663.2021.9619337.
  • R. Manjhi, D. K. Lal and S. Biswal, “Optimal Allocation of DGs in Radial Distribution Network for Power Loss Minimization based on LSF and GJO Algorithm,” 2022 IEEE 2nd International Symposium on Sustainable Energy, Signal Processing and Cyber Security (iSSSC), Gunupur, Odisha, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/iSSSC56467.2022.10051616.
  • R. Manjhi, D. K. Lal and S. Biswal, “LSF and Golden Jackal Optimization Algorithm based Optimal Placement and Sizing of Capacitors in Distribution System,” 2022 IEEE 2nd International Symposium on Sustainable Energy, Signal Processing and Cyber Security (iSSSC), Gunupur, Odisha, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/iSSSC56467.2022.10051298.
  • A. Panday, S. Biswal and R. D. Patidar, “A Single-Ended Protection Starting Element For MTDC Power Networks,” 2022 OPJU International Technology Conference on Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development (OTCON), Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/OTCON56053.2023.10114021.
  • B. Deshmukh, D. K. Lal and S. Biswal, “A Short Term Recursive Matrix Pencil Based Distribution System Protection Scheme,” 2022 OPJU International Technology Conference on Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development (OTCON), Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/OTCON56053.2023.10113999.
  •  S. Biswal and M. Biswal, “Algorithm for CT Saturation Detection with the Presence of Noise,” 4th International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems (ICEES2018), Chennai, 7-9th Feb. 2018.
  •  S. Biswal and M. Biswal, “Adaptive distance relay algorithm for shunt compensated transmission line,” 2016 International Conference on Electrical Power and Energy Systems (ICEPES), Bhopal, 2016, pp. 426-431.
  •  S. Biswal, A. K. Barisal, A. Behera and T. Prakash, “Optimal power dispatch using BAT algorithm,” 2013 International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability, Nagercoil, 2013, pp. 1018-1023.

Awards and Honors

  •  POSOCO Power System Award – 2019.
  •  Reviewer for 8th IEEE India International Conference on Power Electronics tracks Renewable Energy Systems.

Membership of Professional Bodies

  •  Senior Member IEEE.
  •  IEEE Madhya Pradesh Section-Member.
  •  Life Member IAENG.
  •  Life Member ISTE.

Editor/Reviewer

  •  Associate Editor, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution
  •  Reviewer – IEEE Transaction on Power Delivery, USA
  •  Reviewer – IEEE Transaction on Power System, USA
  •  Reviewer – IEEE Transaction on Circuit and System-I, USA.
  •  Reviewer – IEEE Transaction on Circuit and System-II, USA.
  •  Reviewer – IEEE Systems Journal, USA.
  •  Reviewer – IET Signal Processing, UK.
  •  Reviewer – Journal of Electric Power Components and Systems, Taylor and Francis.
  •  Reviewer – European Transaction on Electrical Power, Wiley Publication.
  • Reviewer – International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy System, Elsevier.
  • Reviewer – IET Signal Processing, UK.
  • Reviewer – IET GTD, UK.
  • Reviewer – IET SMT, UK.
  •  Reviewer – Electric Power System Research, Elsevier.

Books/Patent

  •  Title: Machine Learning and AI Techniques in Interactive Medical Image Analysis, IGI Global Book (In-Press)
  •  Samima Akter, Sandeep Biswal, Waldemar Rebizant, “Directional Relaying Issues in Power Transmission Networks”, Energy and Environmental Aspects of Emerging Technologies for Smart Grid, Springer, 2024. (SCOPUS).
  •  Rampreet Manjhi, Deepak K. Lal, Sandeep Biswal, Surender Reddy Salkuti, “Optimal Location Selection of Electric Vehicle Charging of Electrical Engineering Stations and Capacitors in Radial Distribution Networks using GJO Algorithm”, Energy and Environmental Aspects of Emerging Technologies for Smart Grid, Springer, 2024. (SCOPUS).
  •  R. D. Patidar, Sushree Diptimayee Swain, Sandeep Biswal, “Performance of Grid-Connected Shunt Active Filter Equipped PV System”, Energy and Environmental Aspects of Emerging Technologies for Smart Grid, Springer, 2024. (SCOPUS).
  •  Editor of Book Title: Renewable Energy & Future Power Systems, Book Series: Energy Systems in Electrical Engineering, Springer Book.
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